| Main Performers | Butlin Young Ladies,
Members of The Butlin Social Clubs,
The Butlin Redcoats,
Shirley Goodman,
June Foulds,
Shirley Cawley,
Sylvia Cheesman,
Sheila Lerwill,
Jennifer Heath,
Carole Ann Potter,
Bobby Wilson,
D M Day,
Kathleen Mayoh,
Ronald Butler,
David Green,
F T Jones,
Michael Maclaren,
The Twelve Television Toppers,
Harry Sloan's Clowns and Circus Novelties,
The Six Bogino's,
The Wazzan Troupe |
| Secondary Performers | W E Butlin,
Michael Denison,
Dulcie Gray - prize-givers,
Philip J S Richardson - chairman,
Joseph L Campbell,
Malcolm Munro,
Alex Moore,
Gwen Sylvester,
Alex Warren - adjudicators,
Charles Jacobs - scrutineer |
| Orchestra or Band | Eric Winstone and His Orchestra,
Dick Denny and His Hooligans,
Al Freid and The Butlin Concert Orchestra,
Cecil Black and The Corn Threshers Square Dance Band,
Band of The Grenadier Guards |
| Conductors | Al Freid,
Eric Winstone,
Dick Denny,
Cecil Black,
Major F J Harris |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Speech (Billy Butlin),
Speech (HRH The Duke of Ediburgh),
Presentation of a cup to Mr Newington (HRH The Duke of Edinburgh),
'The Pageant of The Open Air', Basil Brown, Frank Mansell,
Keep Fit Display (Captain T J Bond),
American Square Dancing (Cecil Black and The Corn Threshers) |
| Royal Presence | HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1953/20),
Eight B&W Photographs (RAHE/3/1953/7),
Badge (RAHE/8/3/33) |